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How would a person go about incorporating a town in the state of Oklahoma?
I have searched high and wide for information on this one but have found nothing useful. I need to find a way to incorporate a small area into a town to avoid being annexed by a town 3 miles away with the sole purpose of collecting taxes from us. Several of us in the area wish to do this but none of us have any clue how.
According to Wikipedia:
Right to Incorporate
Any area in Oklahoma, regardless of population, may incorporate. The County Commission supervises all incorporations in their county. Persons wishing to incorporate must first provide an accurate survey of the area to be incorporated to the Commission. Next, within thirty days of applying for incorporation, a census must be taken to show the number of people living in the to be incorporated area. The petition to incorporate must include the signature of at least one-third of those people. The Commission must then hold a hearing to determine the accuracy of the petition, survey, and census. If the Commission is satisfied that all requirements have been meet, it must issue a writ of election for an election to occur within ten days. If a majority of the qualified voters of the area to be incorporated approve of the incorporation, the community is declared incorporated and assumes the appropriate municipal government.
Municipal corporations with a population of fewer than one thousand are organized as towns while municipal corporations with a population of one thousand or more are organized as cities.
So, it's off to the County Commissioner for you. Bring a lawyer who is familiar with the procedure or specializes in real estate.